I have got a bit of a quandary on my hands.
Moving into new shop.
Hired a guy to do floor with a coating.
My specs were not to be slippery but to be able to sweep with a mop not a broom. Decided on Epoxy first coat and second poly urea.
1. Came in and grinded and broke a tooth on the grinder. Kept going and did some pretty nasty circles in the concrete. I assumed he know what he was doing and the epoxy would "self-level" the marks.
2. I check when they say they are done and the floor is full of circles from bubbles. Was told it was outgassing. He said the only way to fix was to grind and apply a third coat. Large grinding circles very visible as well.
3. When that was done no real change in floor. Floor with a little dust on it is slippery as snot. Not to mention the rings from the bubbles and large circles from the grinding.
He has not billed me or answered my calls. I assume he just want to get as far away from this mess as he can.
Here is what I think happened. They should have grinded the bubble marks out before applying the second coat -poly urea. After that grinding again did not help.
I also assume the sand or whatever aggregate was supposed used for non-skid was applied on the 2nd coat and not on 3rd to attempt to fix bubbles.
I am going to have to deal with him on what if any payment will be made sooner or later. But my main problem is trying to get some anti-skid on the floor.
It is holding up our move and we are getting desperate!
It is a wood shop and with some sawdust on the floor it’s downright dangerous now.
Here is my question:
Do we need hire someone to do a 4th coat to put some anti-skid on the floor or is there any product that can be applied? Please keep in mind we are a wood shop. We will be meticulous about housekeeping but still there will be sawdust on the floor at times.
It’s been 3 weeks so I assume it must be ground again.
Thanks Bob
Moving into new shop.
Hired a guy to do floor with a coating.
My specs were not to be slippery but to be able to sweep with a mop not a broom. Decided on Epoxy first coat and second poly urea.
1. Came in and grinded and broke a tooth on the grinder. Kept going and did some pretty nasty circles in the concrete. I assumed he know what he was doing and the epoxy would "self-level" the marks.
2. I check when they say they are done and the floor is full of circles from bubbles. Was told it was outgassing. He said the only way to fix was to grind and apply a third coat. Large grinding circles very visible as well.
3. When that was done no real change in floor. Floor with a little dust on it is slippery as snot. Not to mention the rings from the bubbles and large circles from the grinding.
He has not billed me or answered my calls. I assume he just want to get as far away from this mess as he can.
Here is what I think happened. They should have grinded the bubble marks out before applying the second coat -poly urea. After that grinding again did not help.
I also assume the sand or whatever aggregate was supposed used for non-skid was applied on the 2nd coat and not on 3rd to attempt to fix bubbles.
I am going to have to deal with him on what if any payment will be made sooner or later. But my main problem is trying to get some anti-skid on the floor.
It is holding up our move and we are getting desperate!
It is a wood shop and with some sawdust on the floor it’s downright dangerous now.
Here is my question:
Do we need hire someone to do a 4th coat to put some anti-skid on the floor or is there any product that can be applied? Please keep in mind we are a wood shop. We will be meticulous about housekeeping but still there will be sawdust on the floor at times.
It’s been 3 weeks so I assume it must be ground again.
Thanks Bob